Heartless
Book Playlist

Heartless Playlist

by Marissa Meyer

37 tracks
dramatic
Jun 21, 2026
4 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the emotional and dramatic journey of Catherine from Marissa Meyer's Heartless, blending dark orchestral instrumentals with intimate vocal tracks. The late night mood with sparse arrangements reflects the tension between desire, duty, and the unfolding tragedy, while the contemporary fantasy vibe is underscored by a consistent, quiet, and immersive soundscape.

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Track List

37 songs
1

Behind the Clouds

Erik Wøllo · Threshold Point

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Pale Vegan Hip Pain

Mogwai · The Bad Fire

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3

Sleeping Giant

Mastodon · Blood Mountain

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4

I Can Almost See You

Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

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5

Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth.

Frédéric Chopin · Pianorama - Collection of Film Music for Piano

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6

Reverie

Alpha Duke · Reverie

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7

Homecoming

Peter Broderick · Blank Grey Canvas Sky

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8

Tides of Serenity

Helios Relaxing Space · Ocean Serenade

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9

Silhouettes

loopgarden · Noiris

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10

Nightshade

SVDDEN DEATH · Nightshade

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Spellbound

Hedda Young · Spellbound

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12

Blood In The Cut

K.Flay · Every Where Is Some Where

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13

Open Window

Aurelian Juno · Open Window

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This Is The Thing

Fink · Distance and Time

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cold air

Sace · cold air

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16

Colder Heavens

Blanco White · Colder Heavens - EP

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Winter Song

Chris Rea · Auberge

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18

Mountains Crave

Anna von Hausswolff · Ceremony

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19

Myth

Beach House · Bloom

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20

Silence

Monocule · Monocule (Volume 2)

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21

Bury It

CHVRCHES · Every Open Eye

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22

Thinking of a Place

The War On Drugs · A Deeper Understanding

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23

Stay Alive - From "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Soundtrack

José González · Stay Alive (From The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty)

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24

No One's Gonna Love You

Band of Horses · Cease To Begin

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25

Elephant Gun

Beirut · Artifacts

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26

Youth

Daughter · If You Leave

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27

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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28

Work Song

Hozier · Hozier

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29

Love is a Laserquest

Arctic Monkeys · Suck It and See

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30

To Build A Home

The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur

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31

I Follow Rivers

Lykke Li · Wounded Rhymes (Bonus Version)

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32

St Jude

Florence + The Machine · How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe)

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33

Northern Sky

Nick Drake · Bryter Layter

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34

Young Lion

Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City

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35

Blue Ridge Mountains

Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes

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36

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

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Luminary

Xuan · Luminary

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Playlist Settings

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Mood dramatic
Genre contemporary
Era match
Length long
Instrumental request 20%
Environment night

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